Word Meanings - SUGGEST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty;

Additional info about word: SUGGEST

1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty. 3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. Shak. 4. To inform secretly. Syn. -- To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SUGGEST)

• Allude
• Point
• indicate
• suggest
• hint
• signify
• insinuate
• refer
• imply
• intimate
• Attest
• Vouch
• aver
• assert
• certify
• witness
• vouch for
• affirm
• testify
• evidence
• support
• confirm
• prove
• involve
• demonstrate
• establish
• bespeak
• Broach
• Moot
• start
• launch
• originate
• exhibit
• propound
• Dictate
• Prompt
• enjoin
• order
• direct
• pre--crit)e
• decree
• instruct
• propose
• command
• Imply
• Involve
• mean
• import
• denote
• include

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SUGGEST)

• Supplicate
• entreat
• persuade
• beg
• petition
• suggest
• represent
• Drop
• betray
• surrender
• abandon
• discontinue
• oppose
• discourage
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• discountenance
• disfavor
• subvert
• suppress

Related words: (words related to SUGGEST)

• PROVERBIAL
  1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir
• PROVENTRIULUS
  The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
• SUPPLICATE
  supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease , or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees . Cf. 1. To
• DIRECT CURRENT
  A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the
• PROMPT-BOOK
  The book used by a prompter of a theater.
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• IMPLY
  1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. "His head in curls implied." Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is
• DIRECTER
  One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.
• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• SUGGESTER
  One who suggests. Beau. & Fl.
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• SUGGEST
  1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty;
• PERSUADER
  One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
• AFFIRMATIVELY
  In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.
• INTIMATE
  corresponding to the compar. interior cf. F. intime. The form 1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." Milton. 2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. He was honored with an intimate and immediate
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• ASSERT
  self, claim, maintain; ad + serere to join or bind together. See 1. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to
• PERSUADED
  Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
• INVOLVEDNESS
  The state of being involved.
• IMPORTUNELY
  In an importune manner.
• INEVIDENCE
  Want of evidence; obscurity. Barrow.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• AVOUCHMENT
  The act of avouching; positive declaration. Milton.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."